Appeal No. 93-4191
Application 07/831,627
matter on appeal and read as follows:
1. A method for maintaining gastrointestinal integrity
and function in a patient whose gut bacteria flora is
modified, reduced, or eliminated so as to impair its ability
to provide short chain fatty acids as an energy source
comprising:
administering to the patient a composition including a
lipid source that upon hydrolysis yields short chain fatty
acids.
6. The method of Claim 1 wherein the composition that
upon hydrolysis yields short chain fatty acids includes at
least one lipid source chosen from the group consisting or
triglyceride, diglyceride, and monoglyceride.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Ingenbleek et al. (Ingenbleek) 4,526,793 July 2,
1985
Blackburn (Blackburn `197) 4,528,197 July 9,
1985
Nelson et al. (Nelson) 4,665,057 May 12,
1987
Cotter et al. (Cotter `807) 4,678,807 July 7,
1987
Ward et al. (Ward) 4,678,808 July 7,
1987
Simko 4,690,820 Sep. 1,
1987
Blackburn et al. (Blackburn `062) 4,703,062 Oct.
27, 1987
Jandacek et al. (Jandacek) 4,753,963 June 28,
1988
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